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T-- 7 a 7 i!o are more Hkefy gathered out of a multitude of tongues than through any kind of “Right conclusions to i ftllnVllffflfjUM aJAuy W — Judge Learned Hand American wM (1172-16- Wednesday August 26 1998 Page 13 Your view issues need Wildlife public involvement To the editor: Living in a small town I delight in encountering or at least knowing that a myriad wildlife species inhabit the mountains and river environments near my home Whether I ride my horse or hike I love seeing foxes in the sage moose in the aspen and the occasional cougar track on remnant snow I count these the lucky days of my life I have always believed that speaking in defense of wildlife is critical to let decision-make- rs know that wild creatures have an important indeed critical place in this life we all share A dangerous group of Utahns who want to see wildlife managed solely as a crop without regard for its ecological importance has proposed to remove wildlife issues from the realm of public involvement via the unjust and dictatorial Proposition 5 they have placed on the November ballot Other issues that discriminate against certain Utahns will surely follow in this style if Proposition 5 is allowed to pass It constitutes a terrifying change in the way citizens can freely practice their 'right to vote Like all wild critters I cherish my 'freedom Assure yours and vote down this proposition Or perhaps you want someone who thinks he is smarter and has a better understanding of (how democracy works to make impor-'tadecisions for you and around Beaver included in the pending federalstate land swap Like many residents we do not believe that Logan Canyon is the proper place for convenience stores condos and dude ranches projects that will only serve the pockets of a few while destroying a place held dear by many Limited and tightly con- trolled development in and around Beaver Mountain seems responsible and prudent We are against a centralized fraudulent bureaucracy that dictates a federal “pork barreT works project by manipulating data while never truly considering the safety of the people who travel through the canyon A case in point: LCC conducted an inventory ofadvisoty i speed signs and curve signing along the present highway There aren't any (except on the Carden City side of the summit) and UDOT’s response to our inventory was that they would “review the curve signing and advisory speeds to better inform the public" Nothing has been done and that was August 1996 We don't believe that our families' safety is really their concern The members erf LCC are a part of the Cache Valley community We are committed to the health the lifestyles and the values that make this community a place to live a place we all call self-servi- nt Margaret Pettis jtfyrum Canyon coalition outlines goals Td the editor As the newly elected president of the Logan Canyon Coalition I want to reaffirm and help define the Coalition’s posi- - tion regarding our community and especially the issues that lie ahead for Logan Canyon We have always sui and will continue) liMoR highway 4a Llbgkif' Canyon provide a means of safe travel for our families and friends We support highway improvements that take into consideration the remark-- j able Logan River the canyon's ‘precious flora and fauna the quality of our water sir and the extraordinary scenic values f the canyon scenic values that once rned Logan Canyon die honor of being nominated for a national park We believe there were justifiable reasons for Logan Canyon's designation as one of this country's first national scenic byways We support the best protection possible for the Logan River’s blue-ribbbrown and cutthroat trout fishery and we on believe the public does not want to repeat past mistakes that resulted in the loss of approximately 80 percent of the fish population in the lower sections of die river during earlier construction We are for leaiving a true legacy for Utah by working towards die designation of the Logan River as the state’s first "Wild and Scenic” river We know that a Wild and Scenic designation is a well-testmanagement tod that can help to assure protection of die river’s remark able characteristicsjuch as water quality and fisheries while not inhibiting tradi-tional uses enjoyed by the public We are concerned with the lands in ed And finally I know that there is a civic pride sparked by the unique qualities of Logan Canyon As the new president of LCC I want to remind people of that pride and have them reflect on that jewel we call Logan Canyon LCC remains committed to what is good for all most importantly the future citizens of Cache Valley I would ask that you all put your own special interests aside such as how fast you can get to Bear Lake or what you can do with your private property and also look towards the future Please remember that once it is gone we cannot put it back Dan Miller President Logan Canyon Coalition CASA volunteers lp abused kids 8ENATE-KMH- 224-614- Room 338 Boise ID 83703 (208) 334-177- 8 Larry Craig Republican — 302 Hart Building Washington DC 20510 (202) Idaho office: 304 N 8th St Room 149 Boise ID 83702 (208) 334-15- 224-275- ii a 2 HOUSE-iDAH- 60 O Michael Crapo Republican — Repre- sents 2nd Congressional District which includes Franklin County 437 Cannon House Office Building Washington DC 20515-120- 2 Idaho office: (202) 225-55- May the waters keep flowing By Joe Sorenson L most anything that’s really worth doing writing this column for two and a half years has been both a distinct pleasure and a big pain in the butt Some weeks the writing comes easy and some weeks I have to force myself to sit down and start scribbling until the pump is primed and the words start to come ft’s never a matter of whether or not I have an idea to work with Coming up with an i ! musicians Volunteer Court Appointed Special like when you manage to find that Advocates (CASAs) are trained to speak groove and the current begins to flow of up for the best interests of abused and its own volition You enter a State — no longer a neglected children in the courts They beyond mere static ideas are appointed by a judge to review stopped-u- p vessel you become instead a records research information and talk to dean conduit for die creative juice Michael's father was a published noveveryone involved in a child’s case and his mother was an accomelist They make recommendations as to what is best for the child and monitor the case plished violinist Early on Michael and musk making sure the child remains safe until showed talent in both writing a permanent resolution is reached No and his parents wisely encouraged sll of the time hours a month helping a child please for further call Debra Jepsen at 755-80information about the CASA program Volunteer training will begin September IS Together we can give these children a chance at a future — one child at a time 79 Debra Jepsen CASA Coordinator his childish creative efforts By Michael reached the fifth grade (which was when I became his friend) he was writing some pretty good stories and he could sit at the piano and play Monk or Mozart or Mayall with precocious authority We formed a creative brotherhood of sorts collaborating on songs to play at ward talent shows and we submitted outlines of short stories to each other for v- - ng seminary to then all that’s left is a pile of ash” Michael poured himself another Glenfid-dic- h took a bitter swallow squinted up at me and said "I’m all done burning Joe and I’m damn near done smolder ing home and was his guest for a dark rainy iters — you all know what it feels specific experience or legal background is required If you are interested in sharing a few early-morni- school each day We were artists we told each other and we always would be Nevermind the medium — the novels and woodcut prints and jazz operettas would flow from us forever like clear water flows from an artesian well Then we grew up and we went our ways as boyhood pals so often do and although we’ve written sporadi west coast metropolis Michael calls matter to pick one up Ybu can hold 'ft and turn it over in your hands and examine it but that doesn’t mean Hut you can do something with it that you can make it move and breathe Any of you out there that are engaged in the creative process know what I'm time ing from ting slow suicide with alcohol Michael thinks this course of events is inevitable even admirable in a tragicromantic way "Ninety-nin- e percent of the people in this world are like blocks of wood" Michael explained “Dense inert banal conformist chunks of carbon The artist is a block of wood too but he has managed to catch his block of wood on fire The flame bums bright for a few years and then it smolders for a few more and Spring when I flew up to the lush north- I'yfi editor If your heart has been broken too many times by the tragic stories of abused and neglected children it may time to take a positive step and make a real difference m a child’s life Volunteer as a CASA' — Court Appointed Special Advocate — and change one life at a talking about Writers ( evaluation If pressed I can still recite The Jabberwock and The Charge of the Light Brigade two of the many poems that we memorized together while walk- cally through the years we’ve never really gotten together until this past and it’s a simple To the wtek' I expected to pick right up where we’d seldom getwha we if offdobutwe?weI found much different a expect Michael than I had known — a Michael who tuned was "so sick of the tinkling his own piano sat untouched and unplayed for months at a time The screenplay Michael had been working on since the early ‘80s sat in a dusty and d stack on the bookshelf and he was spending most of his spare time and energy staying up way too late at night and drinking way too much single-ma- lt talking the jaded artist jive with a bunch of dilettante friends I did my best to gently shake Michael awake from his creative stupor but I’m afraid that my talk of artistic discipline and rejuvenation only made him sink into a deeper dog-eare- and more sullen silence as the week wore on ft’s the crudest tiling to have known the flow of the creative juice to have controlled it and to have felt it drip from the very fingertips only to fed it slowly dry up and die as the flush of youth fades It’s almost a cliche all those artists and authors who hit their peak in their 20s who then by 40 have sunk to making an ignominious living parroting their own "greatest hits” or to commit- - Aaahh Michael friend of my youth there’s another way We needn’t be blocks of wood and we needn't be piles of ash I don't care what kind of metaphor you choose — if creativity is a fire then let me tell you that the fire can like that Biblical bush burn on and on and never be consumed If creativity is water then let me tell you that the water can flow on and on like the water from Mimir’s Spring that Odin sacrificed his own eye to drink There’s not an iota of romance in being bloated depressed and artistically fgnant The true artist is like a warrior an armored knight of old whose shoulder has been touched by a bright sword and who has been bidden to go forth with discipline and joy to subdue the Dragon I can't say that I know the way to go yet Michael but I'm never going to quit looking and trying like you have I won't cut any deals with dissolution I’ve felt die fire and I’ve tasted the water and I'm determined to keep on creating bound to keep on chasing the Dragon until it is beaten and tamed to serve me Bye-by- e y’all it's been good! (RS - see you at Sultan's on Sept 4 Wear your boogie shoes!) Joe Sorenson la a Cache Valley native and a bricklayer by bade His column has appeared on the Opinion page ovary other Wednesday for more than two years This to hie last i column Other views (206)334-195-3 Unabomber reward may help healing DAHO SENATE Milwaukee Journal Sentinel 304 N 8th Room 325 Boise O Dirk Kemptboms 40 Room 3 Washington DC 20510 (202) 2 Idaho office: 303 N 8th Street jstahlerSStoaoloom idea is like finding a rock — they are all over the place Lawmakers US OwawmiveFtB ID 83702 Senate District 32 (includes Franklin — Robert L Geddes Jr 370 County) Mountain View Drive Sods Springs ID 83278 Springs DAHO HOUSE House District 28 (Includes Franklin County) — Robert Geddas Sr 7235 N 2600 West Preston ID 83263 6 Home and business phono House District 32 (includes Franklin County) — John Tippets 65 E Center SL 6 Bennington ID 83254 Home phone 852-137- 847-287- T ' brother's meanderingx in a 35 000-wor-d tract that was published in The Washing-- Davjd Kaczynski and his wife had “ il995 he frightening story of a man so sentiments consumed by that he would terrorize die nation with 16 bombings over 17 years came to an gy end when Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski was put away for life But his brother David has to live the rest of his life with die knowledge that he was the one who tipped off authorities about Theodore David recognized his No reward could ever ease die pain of turning in one’s own blood From the beginning David a social worker from New York insisted that he did not go to authorities for the $1 million reward offered by the federal government but rather because he strongly suspected that his brother might be involved in die — which lolled three people and ‘ more i said before receiving the reward last week that once they paid legal fees they would put the money in trust for the families of those killed and injured by the Unabomber Money of course is little consolation to those whose loved ones were killed or hurt But disbursing what’s left of the reward may help Kaczynski's family members deal with their own emotions and seal away die memory of a time when one man so terrified a nation 31 Mallard Fillmore MB-luates rttofc Ha 9 prfr yew Vais you rfWwatfiite- - Me HUr wm teUteus czavfiMy? 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